¡Es como primavera en las montañas!
It's like spring in the mountains!
A man pays a compliment: dressed in blue, she looks as fresh as spring in the mountains.
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Spanish vocabularyA1 · Beginner
How to say "spring" in Spanish
la primavera
nounfeminineplural: las primaveraslowercase
"Spring" in Spanish is la primavera, the season after winter. It's feminine and written in lowercase: La primavera es bonita. A metal spring is el muelle in Spain or el resorte in Latin America, and a spring of water is el manantial.
Hear "primavera" in real scenes
Two scenes where spring stands for something fresh. Each video starts and stops on that line.
Sabe a primavera, ¿verdad?
It tastes like spring, doesn't it?
With saber a, "to taste like", spring turns into a flavor: the taste of a fresh start.
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Spring: the season, the coil and the water
English uses one word for all of them. Spanish has a different word for each.
| English | Spanish | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| spring (the season) | la primavera | en primavera, in spring |
| spring break | las vacaciones de primavera | The school break in spring. |
| a metal spring | el muelle (Spain), el resorte (Latin America) | The kind in a mattress or a pen. Muelle also means dock. |
| a spring of water | el manantial | Water that comes up from the ground. Bottles say agua de manantial, spring water. |
| to spring, to jump | saltar | El gato salta. The cat jumps. |
Tip: The four seasons are la primavera, el verano, el otoño and el invierno. Only primavera is feminine.
Grammar: la primavera
Four points for talking about the season.
It's feminine
la primavera, una primavera temprana. Adjectives end in -a. Plural: las primaveras.In spring: en primavera
En primavera hay mucha gente. En la primavera is also correct.Lowercase
Seasons are lowercase in Spanish: primavera, not Primavera, unless it starts a sentence.The v sounds like b
Spanish v and b share one sound: pree-mah-BEH-rah, with the stress on that syllable.Example sentences
Sentences from the Wordy Spanish course. Tap to listen.
La primavera es bonita.
Spring is beautiful.
En primavera hay mucha gente.
There are a lot of people in spring.
¿Será una primavera temprana?
Will it be an early spring?
¿Hace frío en primavera?
Is it cold in spring?
Common mistakes
Mistakes learners make with this word, and how to fix them.
✗el primavera
✓la primavera
Primavera is feminine, unlike the other three seasons.
✗Me gusta la Primavera
✓Me gusta la primavera
Seasons are written in lowercase.
✗la primavera del colchón (a metal spring)
✓el muelle del colchón
Primavera is only the season. A coil is un muelle in Spain and un resorte in Latin America.
Real conversation: a tour of Carmen's home
A short dialog on a warm summer day.
It's a warm summer day, and you're at Carmen's place for the first time. She's proud of it and starts the tour right at the door.
Mira, es nuestro hogar.
Look, here's our home.
¿Hace calor en verano?
Is it hot in summer?
Sí, mucho. Pero en primavera es perfecto.
Yes, a lot. But in spring it's perfect.
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How to remember it
Primavera starts like prime. Picture spring as the prime of the year, when everything turns green again.
Questions about "spring" in Spanish
How do you say spring in Spanish?
La primavera, the season after winter. "In spring" is en primavera.
Is primavera masculine or feminine?
Feminine: la primavera. The other three seasons are masculine: el verano, el otoño, el invierno.
How do you say a metal spring in Spanish?
El muelle in Spain and el resorte in Latin America. Primavera only means the season.
Are seasons capitalized in Spanish?
No. Write primavera in lowercase unless it starts a sentence.
